Road-cart



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G. HALE.

ROAD CART.

No. 262,036. Patented Augfl, 188.2.

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` I ROAD UART. 4lvm-26211266. Patented Aug. l, 1882 ofayfw@ N ary/76W PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HALE, OE AURORA, ILLINOIS.

ROAD-CA RT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed J une 2, 1882.

To all uhom it may concern Beit known that I, GEORGE HALE, of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and'usef'ul Ilnprovements in Road-Carts or Two-Wheeled Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates more particularly to the springs, and to their construction, and to the manner in which they are applied to the twowheeled vehicle both at front and rear, the objects being to prevent too much lateral sway or swing of the body, while affording an easy and sufficient vertical movement. I employ torsional springs for the front of the body, one at each side, and a single semi-elliptic spring at the rear, placederosswise of the vehicle and hung at each end upon rigid jacksjfV as distinguished from shackles or any loose attachment.

In Sheet l, Figure l represents in perspective sufficient of a road-cart to illustrate my invention, and Fig. 2 a central vertical section ot' the same. In Sheet 2, Fig. 3 is a rear view of the cart; Fig. 4, details showing one of the rigid jacks, a portion of the rear spring, and their connecting pin or bolt; and Fig. 5, a partial view of the under side of the vehicle.

A is the body vof the vehicle; B B, the shafts or thills connected to the axle C; D, the rear spring; e c, the metal jacks, made strong and rigid, as shown, and firmly secured to the axle, and to each of which, at its upper end, one end of theleaf-spring D is connected, thc body A being connected to the center ot' this spring, as shown.

F is au arched cross-bar, and Ga straight cross-bar immediately behind it. These bars are each fastened to the thills, and at their centers are fastened together, thus giving great firmness andstrength at these points, the bar Gr also affording other advantages.

H H are the two torsional springs, each be- Patent No. 262,036, dated August 1, 1882.

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| ing, as shown, secured to one of the shafts or thills, thence being bent at about a right angle and secured to the straight cross-bar, and

there secured at its end. It will be seen by this way of making and applyingthe torsional springs that their yield is not excessive, but; that they can only be elastic enough to relieve the body at the front, and ,when used in connection With the rear spring 4they jointly relieve the body of that rigidity which attends road-carts as usually constructed. It will also eral swing or`side motion at the rear, 'the torsional springs, by reason of the manner in which they are applied, also prevent any undue lateral swing or side motion at the front, for both the. rear spring and the front ones check the motions not wanted, while they allow all the vertical movement desired to reuder the riding easy and as near akin as practicable to that ot a four-wheeled wagon. The rigid character of the jacks also prevents any undue forward and backward swing of the body, which is such an objectionable feature iu ordinary road-carts.

By the use ofthe straight cross-bar, com biued with the arched one, not only is the strength of the structure much enhanced and the torsion-springs, but it enables me to attach a dash-board to the body in the same manner and ot' the same form or forms as are found in the four-wheeled buggies and carriages now in use.

Iam aware that torsional springs have been used in four-wheeled vehicles and applied in various manners, and that in such-vehicles they have sometimes been employed `with springs of other kinds; but I am not aware of any instance in which such a construction and arroadcarts or to any other vehicle.

I claim- 1. In a two-wheeled vehicle, in combination with the body and with the thills and with the cross-bar Gr, the two torsional springs bent in thence bent backward at about a right angle beneath the front part of the body A, and

be seen that, while the jacks c c prevent lat` a bed or base provided for the attachment ot' rangement of springs as I have shown and de` scribed have been applied to two-wheeled Q eernoae the shape shown and described, and applied rear spring, placed transverselyof the body and secured at the front of the vehicle to the and directly connected tothe rigid jacks, all 1o body and to the thills and to the cross-bar, in as Set forth. the manner and for the purpose set forth.

5 2. In a two-wl1eeled vehicle, the two tori GEO HALE' sional springs bent as shown, and applied to Witnesses: the thills, cross-bar, and body, as set forth, DOIN D. MILES,-

coinbined with the single-leaved semi-elliptic A. D. WARNER. 

